# Elasticsearch permissions

**URL:** <https://community.graylog.org/t/elasticsearch-permissions/16861>\
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\
**Created:** [August 19, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/elasticsearch-permissions/16861 "2020-08-19T16:02:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![ddd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@ddd](https://community.graylog.org/u/ddd)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/elasticsearch-permissions/16861/1 "2020-08-19T16:02:52Z")

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I’m using native authentication for my Elasticsearch cluster. I would like to create a user with the least privileges necessary for Graylog to function. What should these permissions be?

I wasn’t able to find any documentation detailing the Elasticsearch permissions required for Graylog. I see there was a previous posting about this entitled “Elasticsearch user permissions” but it was closed without a response.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/c/7/c7c09c6b5099570133d6502b83f50ba4430de5b6.png) [@system](https://community.graylog.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/elasticsearch-permissions/16861/2 "2020-09-02T16:03:00Z")

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